Steria

Steria

Type	Public - Euronext Paris, Eurolist (Compartment B)
Industry	IT, consulting, outsourcing and professional services
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Key people	Jean Carteron, founder; François Enaud, general manager; John Torrie, UK CEO; Mukesh Aghi, India CEO
Products	Services based
Revenue	€1.69 billion
Employees	20,000+
Website	www.steria.com, Steria FranceSteria UK, Steria on YouTube,

Steria (Euronext: RIA) delivers IT enabled business services, focusing on key vertical market sectors: public services, finance, telecommunications, utilities and transport. The company provides consulting services for its clients' core business processes, and also develops and operates their information systems. Steria has 20,000 employees working in 16 countries. In 2010, Steria revenue amounted to €1.69 billion. 20% of Steria's capital is owned by its employees. The group, headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, is listed on the Euronext Paris market.

Steria earns almost all of its revenue from Europe, with major contributors being United Kingdom (47%), France (28%) and Germany (12%).

History

Steria was created by Jean Carteron in 1969. In 1978, Steria established a subsidiary in Switzerland. Steria won the primary contract of Teletel 3V in France and won the largest export contract ever (by a French IT company) by signing computer automation project of Central Bank of Saudi Arabia in 1986. In 1987, Steria joined the development of driverless train project for Paris' RER A line. By 1990, Steria had subsidiaries in Germany, Spain and Saudi Arabia.

Francois Enaud took over as Group chairman and CEO in 1998 and Steria listed itself in the Paris Stock Exchange the next year. In 2000, Steria acquired three service and telecom companies in France to become one of top five French service providers. In 2001, Steria started the Fondation Steria, a community support group. In 2007, Steria acquired the British IT outsourcing and technology company Xansa Plc and in 2010 the company celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Offices and development centres

Steria has development centres and/or regional offices in the following locations : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Luxembourg, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and United Kingdom.

Steria Corporate Center for Real-Time & Embedded Software

Steria Corporate Center for Real-Time and Embedded Software expertise is located in Aix-en-Provence, France. For more than 25 years dedicated to aeronautics (Eurocopter, Dassault), defence (DCNS, DGA) and transportation (RATP, ASF, ESCOTA) Engineer teams have developed premium expertise with products such as QC (TEST DIRECTOR), SCADE and VAPS.